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states track down osama bin laden. the senate panel agreed to cut aid to islamabad by $33 million. that is $1 million for every year of the doctors 33 year sentence. shakeel created a vaccination campaign in order to collect dna samples are round his compound in pakistan. the results led to his capture in death. >> a milestone in a new era of commercial space technology is reached. the space x dragon has docked with the international space station. it has brought food to clothing computers equipment and science experiments. >> coming up next what morgan as i get older i'm making changes to support my metabolism. i'm more active, i eat right and i switched to one a day women's active metabolism, a complete women's multivitamin, plus more -- for metabolism support. and that's a change i feel good about. [ female announcer ] from one a day. we are live from the new york stock exchange for your bloomberg on the money report. the countdown for an extended weekend is on the way. paying rent may also become a bit more stressf
states track down osama bin laden. the senate panel agreed to cut aid to islamabad by $33 million. that is $1 million for every year of the doctors 33 year sentence. shakeel created a vaccination campaign in order to collect dna samples are round his compound in pakistan. the results led to his capture in death. >> a milestone in a new era of commercial space technology is reached. the space x dragon has docked with the international space station. it has brought food to clothing...
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humanitarian of leadership award for work with injured service members first trip to united states since taking part in an apache helicopter training last week. facebook stock on sale to the public next week 1 the billionaire will not be buying. march institutional investors getting first crack at slice of fast-growing social network warren buffett is not interested. >> we never buy into public offerings. and new public offerings. something coming out on a monday offered with significant commission's public publicity best single investment i can make in the world among the thousands of choices mathematically impossible >> by the way warren buffett not on facebook. expected between 28-$35 per share. internet sensation keenan cahill using celebrity for good it still to come helping hospital that helped them and magnificent mile about to lose one of the most beautiful residents and tom skilling said several dry days coming up. come into kmart this mother's day! get this nook color for just $149.99! plus great apparel, sleepwear and boxed gifts for mom up to 40% off! shop your way rewards me
humanitarian of leadership award for work with injured service members first trip to united states since taking part in an apache helicopter training last week. facebook stock on sale to the public next week 1 the billionaire will not be buying. march institutional investors getting first crack at slice of fast-growing social network warren buffett is not interested. >> we never buy into public offerings. and new public offerings. something coming out on a monday offered with significant...
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everybody sitting at the table, i have a number of united states attorneys. almost all of them have been in the u.s. attorney's office before. some of them are still in private practice. good luck to them. but a number of us have bounced back and forth. i think a number of us would say the most rewarding time we have had has been the time when we were in public service. you are given the opportunity to contribute. it really is a gift. the biggest gift i have had the opportunity to do this kind of work. and if the challenge of attracting and retaining great people is one that cuts across administration's where you serve, another is responding to concerns about the patriot acts. i wanted to give you a chance about what the fbi has learned in your view about the patriot act since it passed. >> the greatest benefit of the patriot act was a breakdown of the statutory walls between the fbi and cia. those walls were erected some time ago where what you did internationally had very little bearing on what was done domestically and vice versa. you cannot get a picture
everybody sitting at the table, i have a number of united states attorneys. almost all of them have been in the u.s. attorney's office before. some of them are still in private practice. good luck to them. but a number of us have bounced back and forth. i think a number of us would say the most rewarding time we have had has been the time when we were in public service. you are given the opportunity to contribute. it really is a gift. the biggest gift i have had the opportunity to do this kind...
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our policy is to defend the united states and we're going use all instruments of national power and authority to do that. the supreme court calls in a number of cases incidents of war. when you have an authorization to use military force as we do, you can use different tools. historical tools and i'll talk about it in terms of the supreme court, but this makes sense from probably a student in military theory too, you can target your enemy, those who are military objectives, your enemy. you can target them. you can surveil them, listen in on what they are doing. you can detain them. very important incident of war. supreme court agreed with this in the rumsfeld case. in 2004 they said even though you don't see the word detain in the towardsation for use of military force, detention is an important incident of war. also an incident of war is to hold somebody accountable by trial under the law of war. long standing incident of war. and to agree with you, with the thrust of your statement, oil say and thank you for asking that question because you're helping me put a finer point anthony is if you
our policy is to defend the united states and we're going use all instruments of national power and authority to do that. the supreme court calls in a number of cases incidents of war. when you have an authorization to use military force as we do, you can use different tools. historical tools and i'll talk about it in terms of the supreme court, but this makes sense from probably a student in military theory too, you can target your enemy, those who are military objectives, your enemy. you can...
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i said i don't thing he'll be able to give up attacking the united states, even though his focus seems to be egypt and exploiting the arab springs in particular from everything he's saying but he is also extremely angry at the united states. and i think his attack on the u.s. won't be about chasing the u.s. out of the -- you know, our lands, it won't be about fund-raising per se. in fact, i don't think it will have a rational basis at all. i think it will be pure revenge. because it was the u.s. who killed his wife and his kids and i don't think he's ever forgotten that, any more than he's forgotten that he was tortured by the egyptian government and betrayed his best friend. i do worry about attacks on the u.s. but i don't see them as having the tight, strategic aims that bin laden's 9/11 attack had that went after economic, military and political centers. i believe it will be a sort of i want revenge and he's going to do it regardless i think of whether it to the benefit of the group or not. >> i think that part of that is irrelevant in that the attacks to the united states could fro
i said i don't thing he'll be able to give up attacking the united states, even though his focus seems to be egypt and exploiting the arab springs in particular from everything he's saying but he is also extremely angry at the united states. and i think his attack on the u.s. won't be about chasing the u.s. out of the -- you know, our lands, it won't be about fund-raising per se. in fact, i don't think it will have a rational basis at all. i think it will be pure revenge. because it was the...
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you talk a little bit about syria but right now the united states and other countries are not really covering the drone strikes in pakistan because the military has just said we're not allowing access there on the u.s. side and the pakistani side. i think viewers are sometimes -- well, the less sophisticated news junkie might not be aware of the fact that the information they're reading on yahoo! news has not been first hand reported because somebody's ry. the editor is happy and cnn is happy because they feel like they're reporting it but i feel like there's this disconnect coming and it's in newsrooms and it's -- from what i believe, i becoming increasingly more difficult for news organizations to cover war zones. we saw it in the gaza strip but because it's proliferation of technology and we are kind of still able to get information from these war zones, we kind of still feel like we're doing our job but the trends are there that if journalists unite and push back and say we want access and we don't think it okay that you're refusing to left journalists in, these things are just g
you talk a little bit about syria but right now the united states and other countries are not really covering the drone strikes in pakistan because the military has just said we're not allowing access there on the u.s. side and the pakistani side. i think viewers are sometimes -- well, the less sophisticated news junkie might not be aware of the fact that the information they're reading on yahoo! news has not been first hand reported because somebody's ry. the editor is happy and cnn is happy...
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he is also extremely angry at the united states. i think his attack on the u.s. will not be about chasing the u.s. out of our lands or will not be about fund-raising as such. i do not think it has a rational basis at all. it will be pure revenge. it was the u.s. that killed his wife and his kids and i do not think he has ever forgotten that any more than i think he has forgotten he was tortured by the egyptian government and betrayed his best friend. i do worry about attacks on the u.s. but i do not see them as having the kind of tight strategic games that bin loudoun -- bin laden's attack had. i believe it will be, i want revenge and he will do it regardless of is to the benefit of the group or not. >> part of that is irrelevant in that the attacks on the u.s. could come from al qaeda core, it could be driven by al qaeda corp. the courts today has less of a capability to do the spectacular than it once did. they are very capable. people who know the united states who are trying to carry out attacks but the larger thing about the home grown extremist threat, they
he is also extremely angry at the united states. i think his attack on the u.s. will not be about chasing the u.s. out of our lands or will not be about fund-raising as such. i do not think it has a rational basis at all. it will be pure revenge. it was the u.s. that killed his wife and his kids and i do not think he has ever forgotten that any more than i think he has forgotten he was tortured by the egyptian government and betrayed his best friend. i do worry about attacks on the u.s. but i...
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i think attacking the united states before 9/11 was about bin laden's kind of fantasy about what this would do. and after 9/11, was about recruiting. and about showing people they were still relevant. and about lots of other things, but not about those main objectives any longer. so that is why i call al qaeda not a terrorist group, because a terrorist group is a small, secretive group, few hundred people, don't have either the capabilities or the desire to expand further, unable to recruit people into their organization fast enough to replace them. and are incapable of holding territory and governing it. and when you look at al qaeda core, you can say, well, that certainly is what's going on. but as you pointed out, the term al qaeda actually means headquarters. and, in fact, their first term for themselves was the high command. something that is repeated also in these captured document and elsewhere. the high command of something they hoped would be bigger. and which since about 2005/2006, has begun to live up to these aspirations of the 1990s. they set out to create, which you call
i think attacking the united states before 9/11 was about bin laden's kind of fantasy about what this would do. and after 9/11, was about recruiting. and about showing people they were still relevant. and about lots of other things, but not about those main objectives any longer. so that is why i call al qaeda not a terrorist group, because a terrorist group is a small, secretive group, few hundred people, don't have either the capabilities or the desire to expand further, unable to recruit...
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it does commit the united states to regard major non-nato ally. that's a big word because of countries such as republic of korea and japan. that could change on how specifically this would look. the agreement does not have any specific issuings on the basings. one is those bases will not be used against others and so on. so we need to kind of be still in the negotiation process. but, yes, the idea is the united states will stay committed, as you're correct. everybody said the announcement of 2014 will say, look, we just got to wait it out and we have it. the question is, what kind of afghanistan -- okay, you have a presence where true international help, not just u.s. -- this is a nato agreement, maybe some other partners. you have a government in afghanistan that's selected because there will be an election if the constitution is to be respected before 2014, that controls certain areas of the country. there's an afghan national army that's controlling specific areas. then the taliban kind of merge into a power in the areas in the south. that's on
it does commit the united states to regard major non-nato ally. that's a big word because of countries such as republic of korea and japan. that could change on how specifically this would look. the agreement does not have any specific issuings on the basings. one is those bases will not be used against others and so on. so we need to kind of be still in the negotiation process. but, yes, the idea is the united states will stay committed, as you're correct. everybody said the announcement of...
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united states. but it doesn't always live up to it. so we have the mccarthy era and so on. we think that we have the best system. but now we're in a world where we have a global communications system, and censorship anywhere, like singapore, is censorship everywhere. it's not human rights for people in singapore any more, it's our interests in knowing what's happening in singapore and our interests in knowing the world. so when the minister of law of sing por says, look, we completely reject your notion, and the reason we reject it is on the merits. it's not because we want to be a regressive government, it's because we believe that you are showing by the way in which you've constructed your free speech that you cannot have a functioning system. look at the polarization in your society. look at what happens when you let people say anything. look what happens when people can say the judiciary is lying or corrupt. look what happens when people speak disrespectfully about the government. you're getting
united states. but it doesn't always live up to it. so we have the mccarthy era and so on. we think that we have the best system. but now we're in a world where we have a global communications system, and censorship anywhere, like singapore, is censorship everywhere. it's not human rights for people in singapore any more, it's our interests in knowing what's happening in singapore and our interests in knowing the world. so when the minister of law of sing por says, look, we completely reject...
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a similar decision was taken during a recent g-8 summit in the united states. the comment describes japan's actions as following hostile u.s. policies towas north korea. >>> the security situation in afghanistan is deteriorating. but nato countries are laying plans to pull out of the war torn nation earlier than scheduled. french president francois hollande has made a surprise visit to the country to gain support for his timetable to bring french troops home. dhra dhirakaosal has more. >> afghan president hamid karzai met with francois hollande who was visiting for first time as president of france. hollande has a road map for removing french troops from the war torn nation. during a surprise visit on friday the french leader greeted some of his 3,400 troops stationed in the country, in addition to meeting with karzai. hollande intends to pull combat forces out by the end of this year, two years ahead of the timetable laid out by nato. french casualties and the high price of maintaining troops have further turned french public opinion from continued presence in
a similar decision was taken during a recent g-8 summit in the united states. the comment describes japan's actions as following hostile u.s. policies towas north korea. >>> the security situation in afghanistan is deteriorating. but nato countries are laying plans to pull out of the war torn nation earlier than scheduled. french president francois hollande has made a surprise visit to the country to gain support for his timetable to bring french troops home. dhra dhirakaosal has more....
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states and it's the united states american troops in your country doing these really extraordinarily disgusting things you're enabling really corpses i mean i'm from the united states there's nothing in my country's culture that tells me that's right what happened to them here what i don't know what happened to them here. this is perhaps a question that americans should be asking themselves and they certainly should be should be asking themselves are terribly wrong in this in these. patterns of behavior these but it is a pattern it's a pattern over the years i was talking to someone at the airport now one month passes now that we're going to get some kind of incident like this again i'd like to stress this if you're a more most important ally in the world yes mark to come to that we had a lot of tension between us the nazis and afghanistan over the issues. our emissions almost went to two to two to two to sink to the bottom because of these issues because of civilian casualties because of support to private security firms because of these incidents of violations. because of similar o
states and it's the united states american troops in your country doing these really extraordinarily disgusting things you're enabling really corpses i mean i'm from the united states there's nothing in my country's culture that tells me that's right what happened to them here what i don't know what happened to them here. this is perhaps a question that americans should be asking themselves and they certainly should be should be asking themselves are terribly wrong in this in these. patterns of...
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hina rabbani khar has plenty to say about the relations between pack sustain and the united states. the foreign minister spoke about the sore spot. she says she supports a court decision to imprison a pakistani doctor who helped american intelligence authorities track down al qaeda leader osama bin laden. >> you have to respect the law of every country. and you have to respect our expectations of each other and realistic expectations and i think the expectation for any one country to go against the laws is not a realistic or healthy expectation. >> pakistani courts sentenced shakil afridi wednesday to 33 years in prison for treason. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton denounced the ruling as unjust. she says the obama administration will continue to pursue the issue with pakistani authorities. u.s./pakistan relations worsened after american special forces raided a compound near islamabad last may and killed bin laden. they took another hit after u.s. helicopters killed 24 pakistani soldiers last november. pakistan's government retaliated by closing supply routes for nato forces
hina rabbani khar has plenty to say about the relations between pack sustain and the united states. the foreign minister spoke about the sore spot. she says she supports a court decision to imprison a pakistani doctor who helped american intelligence authorities track down al qaeda leader osama bin laden. >> you have to respect the law of every country. and you have to respect our expectations of each other and realistic expectations and i think the expectation for any one country to go...
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they're still asking the united states, when will you be with us. and pakistan, and what women and girls are understanding in pakist pakistan? >> on china, i would say this, you know, there are -- there's a long agenda, a big agenda on human rights. we deal with it in different ways. last month, the legal adviser here and i participated in a legal experts discussion where we discussed a range of issues including the independence of the courts, unless independents of lawyers, detention issues and the like. we were -- i was part of the strategic and economic dialogue, and this summer we will have a human rights dialogue where we raise the issues. the issues come up in many different contexts with me and other u.s. government officials who are very mindful of the situation of religious minorities, the tibetans. we're very concerned about the situations of uighurs elsewhere. we're going to raise the issues as well as the individual cases, some of which i mentioned. we're going to continue to mention our concerns about the labor issues and a range of oth
they're still asking the united states, when will you be with us. and pakistan, and what women and girls are understanding in pakist pakistan? >> on china, i would say this, you know, there are -- there's a long agenda, a big agenda on human rights. we deal with it in different ways. last month, the legal adviser here and i participated in a legal experts discussion where we discussed a range of issues including the independence of the courts, unless independents of lawyers, detention...
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thank you for your continued support of your united states air force. and of your airmen. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much, gentlemen. since the turn of the century we have been involved, heavily involved in combat operations which have required, required our personnel to deploy frequently and caused incredible wear and tear on both people and the vital equipment that we need for readiness. we have had little time to train for anything other than counter insurgency. notwithstanding the steps taken by congress to increase investments, reported readiness rates have significantly declined over the 10 past years. record funding in still significant decline. in past readiness subcommittees we have been told by your pred associat -- predecessors. now we have the draw down in iraq. and surge recovery, in afghanistan, this year. and phased draw down there after. can you give tuesday what your best protections are as to when we will see a more positive readiness trend in light of the draw down that is currently under way? >> thank you, chairman. from the arm
thank you for your continued support of your united states air force. and of your airmen. i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much, gentlemen. since the turn of the century we have been involved, heavily involved in combat operations which have required, required our personnel to deploy frequently and caused incredible wear and tear on both people and the vital equipment that we need for readiness. we have had little time to train for anything other than counter...
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nato, if they take the united states out, the highest gdp, greece and turkey for the wrong reasons. and they are declining. they are below 2%. their social network is enormous and growing. their demographics are bad. the chances of their doing anything to increase their defense capabilities are modest. where does that leave. >> question europe, north america. most of the problems they face are external. and there are drugs and piracy and various things that exist and that if you wanted to create nato you couldn't. when i was the ambassador in the early '70s it was 14 countries in the political part but not the military. that's good. it's enlarged in my view. their problems are outside of nato. therefore i think what they ought to do. have a partnership for piece program. they have relationships with people who are not members at the present time. that's a good thing, they have the ability to would with one people. they ought to develop a linkage with other like thinking nations. you have singapore, new zealand, a number of countries that are democratic. they are not like western eur
nato, if they take the united states out, the highest gdp, greece and turkey for the wrong reasons. and they are declining. they are below 2%. their social network is enormous and growing. their demographics are bad. the chances of their doing anything to increase their defense capabilities are modest. where does that leave. >> question europe, north america. most of the problems they face are external. and there are drugs and piracy and various things that exist and that if you wanted to...
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that is, the attacks on the united states. so even back in the 1990s, they had aspirations, although unfulfilled aspirations, for bigger better things. and they were spending a lot of time and most of their effort on developing those, rather than on attacking the united states and. i would just also like to say right here at the beginning, that one of the things that has profoundly distorted this entire discussion is our views of 9/11 and how we've made this all about us. it's not about us, really. 9/11 made us think that, you know, everything -- has the name the al-qaeda attached to us, but it really wasn't. the fact that eight times as many muslims have been killed out in the world since 9/11 versus americans should tell us something about where al qaeda is focusing its attention, its main effort. so i think 9/11 distorted the discussion quite a bit. that's because i think also we've misunderstood what al qaeda's objectives are. all right? we believe that their main objective of al qaeda core is to attack the united states w
that is, the attacks on the united states. so even back in the 1990s, they had aspirations, although unfulfilled aspirations, for bigger better things. and they were spending a lot of time and most of their effort on developing those, rather than on attacking the united states and. i would just also like to say right here at the beginning, that one of the things that has profoundly distorted this entire discussion is our views of 9/11 and how we've made this all about us. it's not about us,...
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states it's a paxton issue with the united states and if there is any other country involved it it has never been done with our knowledge it has never been done by asking us that they were going to do a drone attack it has never been done based on a permission from afghanistan it's an issue that we are not involved in any manner whatsoever this president you would like to close. to a company but we all know that in afghanistan. we're at corruption level and police policy will secure the foreign people the government is the strategic place. what are you going to do. going to do with the situation with corruption in. police or terrorists yeah look the police in afghanistan is just forward of to many years of total destruction of these institutions under the circumstances it's doing very very well look at the i'm in such a face they make every day every day there is an afghan police man dying somewhere . either protecting an embassy or protesting the house or protecting a street or protecting the border. the policemen that died near the russian embassy a few days ago they were protecting
states it's a paxton issue with the united states and if there is any other country involved it it has never been done with our knowledge it has never been done by asking us that they were going to do a drone attack it has never been done based on a permission from afghanistan it's an issue that we are not involved in any manner whatsoever this president you would like to close. to a company but we all know that in afghanistan. we're at corruption level and police policy will secure the foreign...
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so we didn't -- we disadvantaged the united states from a security standpoint. and by the same toeng we disadvantaged the united states and the people of uzbekistan by sending him back and not keeping the forward motion with respect to human rights and freer political and freer economic systems. so it's a matter of how you look at it. now, the reason i come to that conclusion, and it's not the way people mostly look at things in the world. the reason i do is because if we're good, we weren't good, think of our country. think of what we went through. we had slaves into the 1800s. women didn't vote until the 1900s. we had a civil war where we killed hundreds of thousands of human beings. a terrible, terrible civil war. we didn't arrive this way. we're still evolving. and those countries are evolving. and they don't go from a dictatorial system to a free system in five minutes. it's a tough journey. it's a very tough journey. it was a tough journey for this country. and we've made enormous progress. we did the same thing with pakistan. pakistan, musharraf stepped u
so we didn't -- we disadvantaged the united states from a security standpoint. and by the same toeng we disadvantaged the united states and the people of uzbekistan by sending him back and not keeping the forward motion with respect to human rights and freer political and freer economic systems. so it's a matter of how you look at it. now, the reason i come to that conclusion, and it's not the way people mostly look at things in the world. the reason i do is because if we're good, we weren't...
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so i'm speaking as a scholar and not a member of the united states marine corps. i wish i had one of those extinguished insurgencies because i walked out -- i missed part of the session because the taliban just issued two statements as this conference was going on. so this is very ongoing, i have to tell you, it's very much ongoing. including the taliban under the title of this symposium, war termination, how terrorists and radical group ends raise as couple of issues. first the taliban of al qaeda have never been designated themselves as a terrorist organization by any entity, although individuals within the organization have been designated of terrorists, the organization of the taliban has not been designated as such. secondly, because their affiliation in playing host to collide yaal qaeda, the talibane largest targest what we used to call the global war against terror. yet after a decade and a half, they have emerged i would even argue as a more stronger and more if not effective, more important political and military organization today. so the taliban curren
so i'm speaking as a scholar and not a member of the united states marine corps. i wish i had one of those extinguished insurgencies because i walked out -- i missed part of the session because the taliban just issued two statements as this conference was going on. so this is very ongoing, i have to tell you, it's very much ongoing. including the taliban under the title of this symposium, war termination, how terrorists and radical group ends raise as couple of issues. first the taliban of al...
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united states. why? because when it was developed in the 1940s, it was thought, this is a propaganda arm of the u.s. government. and it would be inconsistent with our notions of freedom of the press in the united states to allow them to use that propaganda that we're bringing to the rest of the world and to come back and show it to u.s. citizens. that is a bizarre notion in today's world. it's also i think quite inconsistent with the first amendment. and really ought to be changed. it's just another example of how we are living with a set of ideas about information and journalism -- >> so out of date. >> -- that is the last century. and we don't have national plans for how to be part of a global economy. we don't have national plans about how to be part of it in terms of information and ideas. >> but before we see a little bit of video from around the world, i have to bring us -- i realize you said let's try to ignore political realities at this moment. but despite the unity among the panelists of t
united states. why? because when it was developed in the 1940s, it was thought, this is a propaganda arm of the u.s. government. and it would be inconsistent with our notions of freedom of the press in the united states to allow them to use that propaganda that we're bringing to the rest of the world and to come back and show it to u.s. citizens. that is a bizarre notion in today's world. it's also i think quite inconsistent with the first amendment. and really ought to be changed. it's just...
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first, the united states congress wanted to hold a hearing on this issue. and the secretary and the chairman and other u.s. officials believe that it's very important to share with congress our perspective on the law of the convection. it's important to the establishment of regular international regimes governing maritime activities by nations to include militaries around the world and every time we have the opportunity to signal or support for this convection, we will. >> has congress signalled to you that maybe there's movement there and you might get something through now? >> i grew up in this town so i've long since offered predictions on what congress may or may not do. i don't have any particular signals about what they may do with respect to this convection. we hope that it is eventually adopted by the united states. >> the armed services committee yesterday released its report on counterfeit electronic parts that have made their way into the defense procurement line, supply line. most of the criticisms seem pointed at china, they saved some of it fo
first, the united states congress wanted to hold a hearing on this issue. and the secretary and the chairman and other u.s. officials believe that it's very important to share with congress our perspective on the law of the convection. it's important to the establishment of regular international regimes governing maritime activities by nations to include militaries around the world and every time we have the opportunity to signal or support for this convection, we will. >> has congress...
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and then your to the united states. the president has invited him to the white house. an increase, weeks of political turmoil likely done. the express their anger over income cuts punishing mainstream politicians in a general election. now no party has a ruling majority in that country. a pro austerity party came in first and is now time to form a coalition government. >> now to camping 2012 wearing new poll shows mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in a likely november match up. mitt romney has a 48/47% lead in the politico george university survey. but mitt romney had a nine point lead in the same poll back in february. today a top adviser to the president said the reelection team plans to spend $25 million on advertising this month. ballots for california's june 5th primary election are in the melt. county election offices will begin sending out vote by mail ballots today for an absentee ballots counted must be delivered to the registrar's office by 8:00 p.m. on election day. >> the forces with them, we know that, a bay area city could be a new home for
and then your to the united states. the president has invited him to the white house. an increase, weeks of political turmoil likely done. the express their anger over income cuts punishing mainstream politicians in a general election. now no party has a ruling majority in that country. a pro austerity party came in first and is now time to form a coalition government. >> now to camping 2012 wearing new poll shows mitt romney in a dead heat with president obama in a likely november match...
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if you acquire a visa to the united states you're not taking an oath not to harm the united states. but if you have an acquired citizenship, you do take an oath. and this is where he wants to make it known that visas and born sit zoneship are different from when you take an oath. once you take an oath, you are bound to comply with that oath. he does have these kind of -- sort of understanding of legal jihad from the classical tradition that he would like to comply with. >> that's interesting, because other folks, you know the most traumatic and deadly attack by americanp citizen in al qaeda's name was that by hassan who took an oath when he became an officer, swore an oath to protect the constitution. it would be interesting to note that bin ladin fell in the same category. let's start here and work our way with back. >> al richmond former state department. many files have not been released. first, were there more -- there's more intention to do so, to declassify? and whether or not that's the case, do you have a sense in conversation with people what the criteria may have been for
if you acquire a visa to the united states you're not taking an oath not to harm the united states. but if you have an acquired citizenship, you do take an oath. and this is where he wants to make it known that visas and born sit zoneship are different from when you take an oath. once you take an oath, you are bound to comply with that oath. he does have these kind of -- sort of understanding of legal jihad from the classical tradition that he would like to comply with. >> that's...
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there is the security, i am bring you and the people of the united states, with with the taxpayers' money has provided. with the business of the afghan government. and the government of afghanistan and the task ahead. what they need to do, we'll have this off the table. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. i will have a press conference. >> president obama spoke in chicago, about the agenda of the two-day meeting. speaking first is anders rasmussen. this is about 10 minutes. >> leadies and gentlemen. the 25th nato summit. i can think of no better host city than chicago. like nato they draw together many cultures. they are diverse, dynamic, and determined. many people from chicag came from nato countries and canada. we will renew this -- vital bond in the 21st century. to reaffirm our determination to defense and protect our shared values. in a fast-changing world, we remain each other's partners. together, we will chart the course in afghanistan. we will make certain that we complete the transition by the end of 2014 and we will make clear our commitment to a long- term partnership with th
there is the security, i am bring you and the people of the united states, with with the taxpayers' money has provided. with the business of the afghan government. and the government of afghanistan and the task ahead. what they need to do, we'll have this off the table. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. i will have a press conference. >> president obama spoke in chicago, about the agenda of the two-day meeting. speaking first is anders rasmussen. this is about 10 minutes. >>...
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and in fact, that's what we've had in the united states for the last half century. we had broadcasting, which was regulated. and we had the print media, which was free. and public broadcasting. >> take a question. here's a mike. you want to come "daily show." >> two quick points and then a question. i'm an editor at politico. we don't publish rumors. i'd like to just point out to our distinguished ivy league president that another ivy league president, rick levin of yale, is devoting a lot of time to changing the culture in singapore by partnering with the national university there and trying to instill our values in that culture. so my question is this. if you were sitting around yesterday and you had the choice as anyone in washington did of watching an exciting game between the red sox and the orioles or watching the new president-elect of france give his speech, which you could watch on france 24, which would you do? >> is that directed to -- professor -- to president -- >> i didn't know the game was on. so i watched the president of france. [ inaudible ] >> --
and in fact, that's what we've had in the united states for the last half century. we had broadcasting, which was regulated. and we had the print media, which was free. and public broadcasting. >> take a question. here's a mike. you want to come "daily show." >> two quick points and then a question. i'm an editor at politico. we don't publish rumors. i'd like to just point out to our distinguished ivy league president that another ivy league president, rick levin of yale,...
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finally, general philip breedlove, vice chief of staff of the united states air force. welcome, general. >> madam chairman, senator ayotte, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for your opportunity to be here today and tell our air force story. these are challenging times, and i commend you for your leadership and your efforts to ensure we have the best equipped and best trained military on the globe. it's an honor to be here to serve on behalf of our 690,000 active duty, guard, and reserve civilian airmen who serve alongside their soldiers, sailors, marine and coast guardsmen. i would like this time to share important items with you today. first, the readiness of your airmen after more than 20 years of continuous combat ops. and second, the steps we're taking to ensure a superbly trained and equipped force which is ready to support our new strategic guidance, and bottom line, to avoid a hollow force while balancing risk. the american people are fully aware that our nation has been at war for over a decade. for our air force, however, we've been conducti
finally, general philip breedlove, vice chief of staff of the united states air force. welcome, general. >> madam chairman, senator ayotte, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for your opportunity to be here today and tell our air force story. these are challenging times, and i commend you for your leadership and your efforts to ensure we have the best equipped and best trained military on the globe. it's an honor to be here to serve on behalf of our 690,000 active duty,...
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there is a lot of things it would take to carry out the safe zone idea, and the united states has an important role to play. international community to talk about how they will divvy up responsibilities. there are a lot of unanswered questions, but action is necessary now, and the united states needs to be a part of it. >> if the united states did fire on planes, he would be prepared for american forces to fire back? >> yes. i think the forces should know that would be the anticipated response so they would be wise enough not to do it in the first place. >> congressman keith ellison joining me from capitol hill. >> 50 years in jail was the sentence handed down today for the former president of liberia, charles taylor. he was convicted last month on 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for fuelling the war in sierra leone. the judge described his crimes as among the most heinous in history. >> in the case of the prosecutor versus charles taylor -- >> when he arrived in court, he knew there was no precedent in modern times for sentencing of former head of state at the in
there is a lot of things it would take to carry out the safe zone idea, and the united states has an important role to play. international community to talk about how they will divvy up responsibilities. there are a lot of unanswered questions, but action is necessary now, and the united states needs to be a part of it. >> if the united states did fire on planes, he would be prepared for american forces to fire back? >> yes. i think the forces should know that would be the...
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would we have seen larger attacks more directed at the united states? >> so, let me be a little bit kind of -- i don't want to spare bin laden. on one level you see bin laden in these letters calling on these regional jihadi groups to focus their attacks on the united states. at the same time you can see that he doesn't trust them. so there is something intriguing about one of these letters, the longest letters that he wrote, which is the most reflective one. this is the letter in which he propose to centralize jihadi activities. this is really the centralization, his attempt comes in 2010. so, what we seem to have is that he wants to centralize efforts, we don't know what it was like before then. and we see him -- the plan for this centralization seems to refer to this kind of special operation force that he would have liked to create based on the letter from a certain person, a very carefully written and intelligent letter about how we need to police the regional jihadi groups. so my own interpretation is that it don't think bin laden would have wante
would we have seen larger attacks more directed at the united states? >> so, let me be a little bit kind of -- i don't want to spare bin laden. on one level you see bin laden in these letters calling on these regional jihadi groups to focus their attacks on the united states. at the same time you can see that he doesn't trust them. so there is something intriguing about one of these letters, the longest letters that he wrote, which is the most reflective one. this is the letter in which...
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number up thing that keeps me awake is being part of anything that would cause the united states marine corps to look like it did in the 1970s scum paired to 2012. that's really what keeps me awake at night. >> senator, what i focus a lot of my attention on is balancing the present with the future. the capabilities, the navy and marine corps will need going forward. as we face increasing competition and access, technologies and nations that develop technologies and capabilities trying to thwart our ability to operate from the sea. that future balance has to be maintained against the current readiness of the force as we operate. what you saw us in our budget do, we reduced force structure, took out older assets to make available those assets. we looked at investment accounts. and made critical investments in the capabilities we needed, preserving, research, development, new technologies. reduce proed curemed procuremen them, for affordability. the investments we made today were focused or ordinance, training for the fleet. depot maintenance, sustain current readiness. and the risk for us
number up thing that keeps me awake is being part of anything that would cause the united states marine corps to look like it did in the 1970s scum paired to 2012. that's really what keeps me awake at night. >> senator, what i focus a lot of my attention on is balancing the present with the future. the capabilities, the navy and marine corps will need going forward. as we face increasing competition and access, technologies and nations that develop technologies and capabilities trying to...
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and number two, you're just not going to see in -- hundreds of united states toorps overly. they've determined this will be more of an operation that is. at least, that's the goal reported of this. the president's surprise visit for all of us to afghanistan will be speaking tonight. he'll be sparking right on this program event well along. . would you like to watch some hardsbaul. >>> they kwi etly destroyed. as the killing of ben ludca. anyway, this is "hardball." but, y'know, with every door direct mail from the postal service, you'll find the customers that matter most: the ones in your neighborhood. print it yourself or find a local partner. and postage is under 15 cents. i wish i would have known that cause i really don't think i chose the best location. it's not so bad... i mean you got a deal... right? [ bird cries ] go online to reach every home, every address, every time with every door direct mail. kiwi. soy milk. impulse buy. gift horse. king crab. rhubarb pie. lettuce shower. made by bees. toucan sam. that's not cheese. grass fed. curry. gingersnaps. soup can tow
and number two, you're just not going to see in -- hundreds of united states toorps overly. they've determined this will be more of an operation that is. at least, that's the goal reported of this. the president's surprise visit for all of us to afghanistan will be speaking tonight. he'll be sparking right on this program event well along. . would you like to watch some hardsbaul. >>> they kwi etly destroyed. as the killing of ben ludca. anyway, this is "hardball." but,...
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does that mean the united states has to be physically itself involved? no. that is in fact not the obvious policy implication of what i'm saying. in fact, iraq should have told us that our presence there in some ways created more problems than it created help. our prolonged presence in afghanistan might have created more problems than it helped to resolve. i'm not making an argument for some sort of boots on the ground, u.s. must be physically involved in all of these places. >> but there is another thing that we will forget about at our peril and that is throughout the 1980s and 90s, we saw salafi islam as an antidote. we thought they were not going to be revolutionary. we thought they were just praying and wearing beards and so on and so forth and now they have metastasized. we have to look at the conflict. you can't start -- the other thing, it's a pity mary left. you have to have a dialectic approach to these things. yes being some people may turn to taliban. but they turn to taliban as a result of the long civil war that happen. the countries do not ret
does that mean the united states has to be physically itself involved? no. that is in fact not the obvious policy implication of what i'm saying. in fact, iraq should have told us that our presence there in some ways created more problems than it created help. our prolonged presence in afghanistan might have created more problems than it helped to resolve. i'm not making an argument for some sort of boots on the ground, u.s. must be physically involved in all of these places. >> but there...
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the agreement is likely to attract the attention of the united states. pakistan is building another pipeline to receive gas from iran. the u.s. is trying to isolate iran because of concerns about its nuclear program. a pipeline from turkmenistan could become a way to bring pressure to iran. security concerns on the project remain because the situation in afghanistan is still unstable. pakistan is suffering from serious power shortages and securing new sources of energy is a national priority. the government needs to seriously consider all its options. nhk world, islamabad. >>> and in sri lanka, three years have passed since the end of the bloody civil war but the legacy of conflict remains. areas of the country are still littered with land mines and now some of the many women who lost loved ones during that war are joining the effort to make their country safe again. nhk world reports. >> reporter: northern sri lanka, where the scene of fierce fighting during the 20-year civil war. early one morning, a group of women gathered here in protective suits. th
the agreement is likely to attract the attention of the united states. pakistan is building another pipeline to receive gas from iran. the u.s. is trying to isolate iran because of concerns about its nuclear program. a pipeline from turkmenistan could become a way to bring pressure to iran. security concerns on the project remain because the situation in afghanistan is still unstable. pakistan is suffering from serious power shortages and securing new sources of energy is a national priority....
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stat states -- strike the united states. here on a path to do that. what this summit is about is the next step on that -- the next step, if you will, on that transition project. that transition until the end of 2014 and then beyond. there are three elements i'll mention and then take your questions. the first is, with respect to the next steps in transition. the next steps towards 2014 is that the alliance lp decide will decide in 2013 the mission will shift for its forces. that is, that the mission will shift from. isaf forces, the united states forces at part of isaf being in the combat lead to stepping back and getting into prince lly principleably a train mode. that essential if you think about how you get to the end of 2014 with full afghan responsibility for their security. you need to start that process. you need to get the afghans out front with the united states and its allies and partners supporting them moving forward. that's the first element of what will be talks about and decided at chicago. the second will be
stat states -- strike the united states. here on a path to do that. what this summit is about is the next step on that -- the next step, if you will, on that transition project. that transition until the end of 2014 and then beyond. there are three elements i'll mention and then take your questions. the first is, with respect to the next steps in transition. the next steps towards 2014 is that the alliance lp decide will decide in 2013 the mission will shift for its forces. that is, that the...
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now, does that means the united states has to be physically itself involved? no. that is, in fact, not the obvious policy implication of what i'm saying. in fact, that -- iraq should have told us that our presence there in some ways created more problems than it created help. our prolonged presence in afghanistan might have created more problems than it helped to solve. so i'm not making an argument for, you know, some sort of boots on the ground, u.s. must be physically involved in all of these places. >> but there is another thing that we will forget about at our peril. and that is that throughout the 1 1980s and '90s, we saw salafi islam as an antidote to the so-called revolution to islam or hoe mainism. this is what it is. because we thought they were noting about to be revolutionary. we thought the salafis were just praying and wearing beards and so on and so forth. and now they have metastasized. even the whole creation of taliban itself. this was linked to regional rivalries, i'm sorry to say. we have to look at the context. i mean, you don't -- you can't s
now, does that means the united states has to be physically itself involved? no. that is, in fact, not the obvious policy implication of what i'm saying. in fact, that -- iraq should have told us that our presence there in some ways created more problems than it created help. our prolonged presence in afghanistan might have created more problems than it helped to solve. so i'm not making an argument for, you know, some sort of boots on the ground, u.s. must be physically involved in all of...
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not a some of the law been in the backyard but the lack of respect from the united states. american troops taking action over the border is not acceptable to the people said the former president musharraf. it is a violation of our sovereignty. the parliament called a closed-door session with the generals have a spot of trouble but deftly deflected much of the civilians a gerber broke united states was the real bad guy. good generals can formally demand united states would ensure the national interest was respected. of the pakistani people deserves of respect. to add some bite the general said they could force the u.s. to shut down the secret program this cia was running out of pakistan. unfortunately publicizing their demands that they the the generals also revealed to pakistani legislators the cia was using the airbase. [laughter] this caused an uproar in parliament for crop they were flying armed drones came less of a surprise to the citizens and the tribal regions. those unmanned aircraft were used for surveillance in their early stages of the war but could be armed with
not a some of the law been in the backyard but the lack of respect from the united states. american troops taking action over the border is not acceptable to the people said the former president musharraf. it is a violation of our sovereignty. the parliament called a closed-door session with the generals have a spot of trouble but deftly deflected much of the civilians a gerber broke united states was the real bad guy. good generals can formally demand united states would ensure the national...
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he's probably the number one threat to the united states directly. >> reporter: officials say the cia seized the explosives before the bomber purchased tickets. it's not clear what happened to the suspect. >> what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those who would seek to attack this country. we'll do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> reporter: federal transportation officials say there will be no notable changes this airport security because of this plot. the white house says president obama was made aware of the plot last month. >> thank you. the tsa says the bomb did not contain metal and could have slipped through metal detectors without being noticed. >>> a dangerous weapon in one person's luggage. they spotted the 9-millimeter glock yesterday. he forgot the gun was still in his carry on bag, but he was still arrested. >>> in a video released, he begs president obama to comply with his kidnapper's demands and keep him from being killed. >> reporter: not seen or heard from in 9 months, he surfaced pleading to presi
he's probably the number one threat to the united states directly. >> reporter: officials say the cia seized the explosives before the bomber purchased tickets. it's not clear what happened to the suspect. >> what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those who would seek to attack this country. we'll do everything necessary to keep america safe. >> reporter: federal transportation officials say there will be no notable...
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does he have a chance to come to the united states? >> i think there is a little opening, a little crack with respect to the state department. they have softened up understand over the last couple of days. they are saying that even if he might have originally said he wanted to stay in china, now he says he wants to come to america, and they are acknowledging that he has changed his position. my hope is that they will change his position. the fact that he is not in the embassy anymore complicates matters. but the united states, having botched the situation, there will be less repercussions from trying to get him out of the hospital and back into the embassy and into the united states than simply abandoning him at this juncture. >> good to talk to you. thank you very much. >> it was responding to a resolution from the un security council threatening sanctions against both countries unless the cross border violence and within 48 hours. violence between government troops and opposition fighters have forced people from their homes. increasi
does he have a chance to come to the united states? >> i think there is a little opening, a little crack with respect to the state department. they have softened up understand over the last couple of days. they are saying that even if he might have originally said he wanted to stay in china, now he says he wants to come to america, and they are acknowledging that he has changed his position. my hope is that they will change his position. the fact that he is not in the embassy anymore...
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so hi is not the president of the united states. not a strong leader. >> bob: if you remember back to this day four years ago, do you think we're better off as a company today than four years ago? >> andrea: slightly. >> eric: no. >> dana: i don't. >> eric: less than $10 trillion. we're still in debt. >> andrea: we're not hemorrhaging the jobs we are. but think -- >> bob: we are adding jobs. >> andrea: he had the biggest checkbook out of any president to fix the economy. he had purse strings of, bigger than any president. he failed. >> bob: he did not fail. unemployment is coming down. the difference is that he unlike the bush administration included cost of iraq and afghanistan as part of the budget. wife didn't they do that? >> bob: >> dana: it wasn't going be written in the defense department budget year after year. not something permanent. that is why they did it that way. president obama asked for more money than congress has given him. 3.5 increase in spending. inclusive of the program that you talked about. there were cuts ac
so hi is not the president of the united states. not a strong leader. >> bob: if you remember back to this day four years ago, do you think we're better off as a company today than four years ago? >> andrea: slightly. >> eric: no. >> dana: i don't. >> eric: less than $10 trillion. we're still in debt. >> andrea: we're not hemorrhaging the jobs we are. but think -- >> bob: we are adding jobs. >> andrea: he had the biggest checkbook out of any...